Paradigm misplaced? Antarctic marine ecosystems are affected by climate change as well as biological processes and harvesting

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-295

  Nicol, Stephen ^a   Croxall, John ^b,c   Trathan, Phil ^b   Gales, Nick ^a   Murphy, Eugene ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem processes; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARADIGM SHIFT;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 34548066017     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000491     Document Type: Review

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